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demonstration

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Synonyms and Antonyms of demonstration

1 a mass meeting for the purpose of displaying or arousing support for a cause or person

disgruntled students organized a demonstration to protest the change in university policy

Synonyms of demonstration

demo [British], rally

Words Related to demonstration

assembly, conference, congress, convention, convocation, council, gathering

protest, sit-down, sit-in, strike

counterdemonstration, counterprotest, counterrally

2 an outward and often exaggerated indication of something abstract (as a feeling) for effect

staged a grand demonstration of her love for her husband with a candlelight-and-champagne Valentine's Day dinner

Synonyms of demonstration

display, exhibition, flaunting, show

Words Related to demonstration

act, charade, facade (also façade), front, guise, pretense (or pretence), put-on, semblance, simulation

affectation, pose, sham

betrayal, disclosure

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